LOGAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Prosecutors say an armed man burst into a UPS facility in New Jersey and took two female workers hostage before officers stormed in and resolved the ordeal. Gloucester County Prosecutor Charles Fiore says the suspect was apparently shot and injured, but the women were unharmed in the situation Monday […]
According to ABC13, Philadelphia police are investigating an incident that left a teenage girl and her 5-year-old brother in the hospital. The siblings were out trick-or-treating when they were caught in the crossfire of two gunmen and wounded. ABC reports, 14-year-old Mikaya and 5-year-old Mael were enjoying the Halloween evening when the shootout began around 6:20 […]
The Million Woman March took place on October 25, 1997 in Philadelphia along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The event was in response to the Million Man March in Washington, D.C. held two years prior. The march was organized by activist and Black nationalist Phile Chionesu and Asia Coney, who worked with one another in Philadelphia […]
Amnesty International found that gun violence across the United States has reached a human rights crisis level.
WYNCOTE, Pa. (AP) — A man pulled a gun during a dispute with another customer in Walmart checkout lines near Philadelphia and opened fire, wounding several people before fleeing but was later arrested after crashing into a police vehicle, police said Tuesday night. All victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the gunfire reported just after 6 […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Who’s gonna run this town tonight? Jay-Z is. The rap mogul’s Made in America music festival will stay in the heart of Philadelphia after Mayor Jim Kenney reversed course on his decision to move the event. Kenney and Roc Nation’s chief operating officer said Monday the festival would remain on the Benjamin […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ain’t no love in the heart of the city as Jay-Z has found out the hard way. He says he’s disappointed his Philadelphia “Made in America” festival will not be held in “the heart of the city” after this year. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the city confirmed Tuesday that the annual concert won’t […]
The nation learned of yet again a horrible injustice done against African-Americans. This time it was at a Philadelphia Starbucks that had two Black men arrested for sitting inside the café. DL talks with Quincy Harris of Fox 29 News in Philadelphia about the current mood of the city. “So yesterday Asa Kalise from the Black Lives Coalition […]
4/16/18-Last week, a Philadelphia Starbucks had two Black men arrested after a manager felt threatened by their presence. Rapping to the beat of The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air theme song Chris Paul tells a little story. READ MORE STORIES ON BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM: GET THE HOTTEST STORIES STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX:
If there are two things I know, it’s Starbucks and the struggle to find public restrooms in a big city. You may have heard about the two men, as yet unidentified, who were arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks this week for what is being deemed “resistant loitering.” When the two men, who I shouldn’t have […]
Not very Christ-like.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s first Super Bowl parade ended in a raucous, emotional rally as hundreds of thousands of partying Eagles fans jammed the streets leading to the city’s famed “Rocky” steps to revel in an NFL title many thought would never come. Fans clad in Eagles green lined up 20 deep in spots to […]
